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dancer7777
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Hello everybody,
I need your prayers urgently. May 2017 marks the one year anniversary that I have graduated from the University of Maryland with a degree in broadcast journalism and I have no job. Since May 2016 and even months prior to graduation, I been having difficulty finding a journalism job at small-market television news stations across the country. Many news directors, recruiters, and executive producers have constantly shut the door in my face, some have lied to me about a job and even one in particular attempted to luring me to their station after I said no and prior to said * “you are getting in the way of the information and you will never be a reporter” *and lied throughout the entire hiring process, especially about what my references said which were later false (this did cause some tension between me and my references) and the station called several months later to lure me to their station. The hiring manager there is not a good person. Other television news stations have constantly shamed me for being unemployed and use it against. One station was accusing me of not finding a job saying, “Are you actually diligently looking for a job or just sitting around and doing nothing? I am not sure if you are really actually job searching at all and/or haven’t worked hard enough.”
Other stations were no-calls and no-shows for in-person/phone/Skype interviews and never provided a notification or reschedule. two other stations, for example, jetted off on vacation and never rescheduled the interview as promised.
Other stations say they will interview me and never did. Then, other stations have tossed me around and treated me like a ragdoll.
I have gotten 20 + interviews and no job offer. Not many of the companies are not giving me feedback. Two companies who rejected me said that they are just looking for someone that I am starting to feel like I am the problem or the source of it. My parents and their pastor (they are not Catholic) do not understand the job search process in the journalism field and have blatantly insulted other television news stations, the geographical location of the television stations, and the positions I did received interviews for. They want me to stay within the Washington DC-Baltimore-Northern Virginia region forever. The actual truth is that the DC-MD-Northern Virginia-Baltimore Area is a national market and very saturated with experienced candidates (10 years or more) that are not entry level, and I cannot compete with that. My past internships, connections, network, recruiters, and others have advised me more than 5 times to start my career at a small market television station. My parents don’t want to accept that. It is very difficult for me to share my struggles with them about the job search as they could simply blame me for it and think (as with every job) that I don’t carry myself and assume I have bad print handwriting skills. However, the job search process in the journalism field is very different than typical professions but similar to other processes in music, entertainment, and others.
For the last 12 months, I have been diligently looking, applying, and interviews for more than 400 + employment opportunities in my chosen field (journalism) and nothing has come about.
I have tried applying to unpaid and paid internships, volunteering, and freelancing opportunities, I cannot get anything. I have even tried public television, public radio, and public access channels, and still nothing. Same can be said for print/digital journalism if you are wondering. I cannot visit the small-market journalism companies and television news stations as they won’t accept in-person visit or submit my resume in-person.
I have also applied to countries outside of the United States, especially Canada and the United Kingdom. I mostly been rejected from media outlets in those countries that have entry-level opportunities and programs for recent graduates. I tried Hagerstown/Western Maryland, Delmarva Peninsula, Harrisonburg/Shenandoah Valley, Charlottesville/Central Virginia, Eastern North Carolina/Wilmington, West VA, parts of PA, Upstate New York, and many other small towns and small cities stations, and still nothing.
It is really unclear if I will get anything. Everything has gone downhill and it is not working out for me.
I have tried non-journalism jobs and it is not working out there. I also have recently had interviews temp and employment agencies - the majority of agencies in my area do not specialize in journalism and communications. I am looking for jobs outside my field. I have taken tests with them, but it is very unclear if these temp and employment agencies will actually help me. They may not.
I contacted my alumni network/former classmates and college career center network, many of them won’t help me. Some claim they don’t have time, make false promises, and/or provide unhelpful advice. Even says they will keep me in mind, but nothing comes up. My school, past internships, and connections are just telling me to keep trying to find a job in the field and said things will become easier. Others just tell me things I have already done.
I have several journalism job accounts on various websites. I tried Catholic jobs and Catholic parishes. Nothing.
I do not have any financial income. I am reluctant to ask my parents for money. I can’t ask them as they are not going to lend me money and it will be difficult for me to pay them back without a job.
I don’t know if I will ever relocate to another state and leave the Washington DC - Maryland - Baltimore, Northern, Virginia area for good.
Sometimes I constantly wonder if I made a mistake or regrets. I do feel like I have made mistakes and regrets. I do blame myself.
I don’t know what will happen to me. I don’t know if I will ever get a job. I am considering discontining the job search in my field.
Please pray for me as my future is uncertain.
I need your prayers urgently. May 2017 marks the one year anniversary that I have graduated from the University of Maryland with a degree in broadcast journalism and I have no job. Since May 2016 and even months prior to graduation, I been having difficulty finding a journalism job at small-market television news stations across the country. Many news directors, recruiters, and executive producers have constantly shut the door in my face, some have lied to me about a job and even one in particular attempted to luring me to their station after I said no and prior to said * “you are getting in the way of the information and you will never be a reporter” *and lied throughout the entire hiring process, especially about what my references said which were later false (this did cause some tension between me and my references) and the station called several months later to lure me to their station. The hiring manager there is not a good person. Other television news stations have constantly shamed me for being unemployed and use it against. One station was accusing me of not finding a job saying, “Are you actually diligently looking for a job or just sitting around and doing nothing? I am not sure if you are really actually job searching at all and/or haven’t worked hard enough.”
Other stations were no-calls and no-shows for in-person/phone/Skype interviews and never provided a notification or reschedule. two other stations, for example, jetted off on vacation and never rescheduled the interview as promised.
Other stations say they will interview me and never did. Then, other stations have tossed me around and treated me like a ragdoll.
I have gotten 20 + interviews and no job offer. Not many of the companies are not giving me feedback. Two companies who rejected me said that they are just looking for someone that I am starting to feel like I am the problem or the source of it. My parents and their pastor (they are not Catholic) do not understand the job search process in the journalism field and have blatantly insulted other television news stations, the geographical location of the television stations, and the positions I did received interviews for. They want me to stay within the Washington DC-Baltimore-Northern Virginia region forever. The actual truth is that the DC-MD-Northern Virginia-Baltimore Area is a national market and very saturated with experienced candidates (10 years or more) that are not entry level, and I cannot compete with that. My past internships, connections, network, recruiters, and others have advised me more than 5 times to start my career at a small market television station. My parents don’t want to accept that. It is very difficult for me to share my struggles with them about the job search as they could simply blame me for it and think (as with every job) that I don’t carry myself and assume I have bad print handwriting skills. However, the job search process in the journalism field is very different than typical professions but similar to other processes in music, entertainment, and others.
For the last 12 months, I have been diligently looking, applying, and interviews for more than 400 + employment opportunities in my chosen field (journalism) and nothing has come about.
I have tried applying to unpaid and paid internships, volunteering, and freelancing opportunities, I cannot get anything. I have even tried public television, public radio, and public access channels, and still nothing. Same can be said for print/digital journalism if you are wondering. I cannot visit the small-market journalism companies and television news stations as they won’t accept in-person visit or submit my resume in-person.
I have also applied to countries outside of the United States, especially Canada and the United Kingdom. I mostly been rejected from media outlets in those countries that have entry-level opportunities and programs for recent graduates. I tried Hagerstown/Western Maryland, Delmarva Peninsula, Harrisonburg/Shenandoah Valley, Charlottesville/Central Virginia, Eastern North Carolina/Wilmington, West VA, parts of PA, Upstate New York, and many other small towns and small cities stations, and still nothing.
It is really unclear if I will get anything. Everything has gone downhill and it is not working out for me.
I have tried non-journalism jobs and it is not working out there. I also have recently had interviews temp and employment agencies - the majority of agencies in my area do not specialize in journalism and communications. I am looking for jobs outside my field. I have taken tests with them, but it is very unclear if these temp and employment agencies will actually help me. They may not.
I contacted my alumni network/former classmates and college career center network, many of them won’t help me. Some claim they don’t have time, make false promises, and/or provide unhelpful advice. Even says they will keep me in mind, but nothing comes up. My school, past internships, and connections are just telling me to keep trying to find a job in the field and said things will become easier. Others just tell me things I have already done.
I have several journalism job accounts on various websites. I tried Catholic jobs and Catholic parishes. Nothing.
I do not have any financial income. I am reluctant to ask my parents for money. I can’t ask them as they are not going to lend me money and it will be difficult for me to pay them back without a job.
I don’t know if I will ever relocate to another state and leave the Washington DC - Maryland - Baltimore, Northern, Virginia area for good.
Sometimes I constantly wonder if I made a mistake or regrets. I do feel like I have made mistakes and regrets. I do blame myself.
I don’t know what will happen to me. I don’t know if I will ever get a job. I am considering discontining the job search in my field.
Please pray for me as my future is uncertain.
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